158th CoR Plenary Session

1. Adoption of the agenda (COR-2023-03812-00-003-CONVPOJ-TRA)

2. Approval of the minutes of the 157th plenary session, held on 9 - 10 and 11 October 2023

COR-2023-03073-010-012-PV-TRA – COR-2023-03073-00-00-PV-REF

COR-2023-03073-01-00-PV-REF – COR-2023-03073-02-001-PV-REF

COR-2023-03073-03-00-PV-REF – COR-2023-03073-04-00-PV-REF

3. Statement by the President

4. Boosting lasting and effective cross-border cooperation with our neighbours

Own-initiative

COR-2023-03418-00-00-PAC-TRA – COTER-VII/031

Rapporteur: Marie-Antoinette MAUPERTUIS (FR/EA)

Statement by Daniel Buda (RO/EPP), Member of the European Parliament

5. 2022 Annual Report on Competition Policy

Own-initiative

COR-2023-02190-00-01-PAC-TRA – ECON-VII/033

Rapporteur: Antonio MAZZEO (IT/PES)

6. The EU Anti-Corruption Framework

Own-initiative

COR-2023-03805-00-02-PAC-TRA – CIVEX-VII/024

Rapporteur-general: Jean-Luc VANRAES (BE/RENEW E.)

Statement by Juan Fernando López Aguilar (ES/S&D), Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in the European Parliament

7. Promoting cultural policies in rural areas within the framework of development and territorial cohesion strategies and the 2030 Agenda Council presidency referral C

OR-2023-03454-00-00-PAC-TRA – SEDEC-VII/041

Rapporteur: Csaba BORBOLY (RO/EPP)

8. Statements by:

COR-2023-03812-02-01-PSP-TRA

• Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

• Mercedes Caballero Fernández, Secretary General for European Funds of Spain

• Elio Di Rupo, Minister-President of the Walloon Government of Belgium

• Younous Omarjee, Chair of the Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament

Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions

9. The future of cohesion policy post-2027?

Own-initiative

COR-2023-02250-00-00-PAC-TRA – COTER-VII/030

Rapporteur: Vasco ALVES CORDEIRO (PT/PES)/Emil BOC (RO/EPP)

10. Stopping gender-based violence - cities and regions leading the way

Own-initiative

COR-2023-02488-00-00-PAC-TRA – SEDEC-VII/039

Rapporteur: Donatella PORZI (IT/RENEW E.)

Statement by Frances Fitzgerald (IE/EPP), Member of the European Parliament

11. The Common Fisheries Policy on the ground: towards sustainable and resilient coastal communities in the EU

Own-initiative

COR-2023-01876-00-00-PAC-TRA – NAT-VII/035

Rapporteur: Jesús GAMALLO ALLER (ES/EPP)

12. Building a values-based, bottom-up European sports model: a vehicle for encouraging inclusion and social wellbeing among young Europeans

Own-initiative

COR-2023-02588-00-00-PAC-TRA – SEDEC-VII/040

Rapporteur: Roberto PELLA (IT/EPP)

13. The role of cities as health promoters

Council presidency referral

COR-2023-02951-00-01-PAC-TRA – NAT-VII/037

Rapporteur: Adam BANASZAK (PL/ECR)

14. Towards a multilevel Green Deal governance: the revision of the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action Regulation

Own-initiative

COR-2023-00903-00-01-PAC-TRA – ENVE-VII/037

Rapporteur: Joško KLISOVIĆ (HR/PES)

15. EU Cyber Solidarity Act and Digital Resilience

Optional

COR-2023-02191-00-00-PAC-TRA – ECON-VII/034

Rapporteur: Pehr GRANFALK (SE/EPP)

Statement by Lina Gálvez Muñoz (ES/S&D), Member of the European Parliament

16. European Hydrogen Bank

Own-initiative

COR-2023-03286-00-01-PAC-TRA – ENVE-VII/040

Rapporteur: Arianna Maria CENSI (IT/PES)

7. Statements by CoR members:

• Local Strategies to Combat the rise of Antisemitic Acts in European Cities and Regions by Marco Marsilio (IT/ECR), Anne Rudisuhli (FR/RENEW E.), and János Ádám Karácsony (HU/ECR)

Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions

18. Statement by:

COR-2023-03812-01-01-PSP-TRA

• Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships

Debate with assembly

19. Election of Bureau members (COR-2023-03812-00-00-PSP-REF) (for decision)

20. New CoR members and alternates (COR-2023-03812-00-00-PSP-TRA) (for information)

21. Any other business

22. Date of the next meeting